Too true
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:50 am
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>
> Subject: World War III
>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 05:56:24 -0400
>
> Not very long, and very informative. You have to read the catalogue of
>events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the
>position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit
>back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother
>us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979...
>that alarm has been ringing for years.
>
> US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station,
>Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is
>an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this
>action is so necessary.
>
> AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!
>
> That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more
>than
>3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it should
>have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has been
>buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll
>over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.
>
> It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a
>religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked
>and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright
>attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most
>powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this
>sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 23
>years.
>
> America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience
>and
>had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had
>to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The
>ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America's
>inability to deal with terrorism.
>
> America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since
>the
>end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly
>organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was
>doomed from the start.
>
> Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and
>killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her
>citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued.
>
> In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven
>into the US Embassy compound in Beirut. When it explodes, it kills 63
>people.
>
> The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.
>
> Then just six short months later a large truck heavily laden down with
>over
>2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps
>headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her
>dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.
>
> Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives
>is
>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her slumber.
>
> The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>gate
>of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>
> Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a
>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>
> Then in August a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the
>main
>gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze
>alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually
>attacked.
>
> Fifty-nine days later a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we
>watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list
>and executed.
>
> The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners
>when
>they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic
>bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing
> 259.
>
> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>trying
>to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>
> The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.
>
> The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January 1993, two
>CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley,
>Virginia.
>
> The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested
>after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground
>parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are
>killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of
>war?
>
> The Snooze alarm is depressed again.
>
> Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in
>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.
>
> A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35
>yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys
>the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over
> 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that
>America
>does not respond decisively.
>
> They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US
>embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. These attacks were planned with precision.
>
> They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back
>to sleep.
>
> The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12
>October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded
>killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but
>we
>sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.
>
> And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans
>think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How wrong
>they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose
>to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.
> >
> In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high
>officials in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But
>if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see
>exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the
>National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since
> 1979.
>
> The President is right on when he says we are engaged in a war. I think
>we
>have been in a war for the past 23 years and it will continue until we as a
>people decide enough is enough.
>
> America needs to "Get out of Bed" and act decisively now. America has
>been
>changed forever. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the
>sacrifice
>to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the
>snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "... it seems all
>we have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to
>disseminate to terrorists around the world.
>
> Support Our Troops and support President Bush for having the courage,
>political or militarily, to address what so many who preceded him didn't
>have the backbone to do both Democrat and Republican. This is not a
>political thing to be hashed over in an election year this is an AMERICAN
>thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years
>to
>come.
>
> Subject: World War III
>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 05:56:24 -0400
>
> Not very long, and very informative. You have to read the catalogue of
>events in this brief piece. Then, ask yourself how anyone can take the
>position that all we have to do is bring our troops home from Iraq, sit
>back, reset the snooze alarm, go back to sleep, and no one will ever bother
>us again. In case you missed it, World War III began in November 1979...
>that alarm has been ringing for years.
>
> US Navy Captain Ouimette is the Executive Officer at Naval Air Station,
>Pensacola, Florida. Here is a copy of the speech he gave last month. It is
>an accurate account of why we are in so much trouble today and why this
>action is so necessary.
>
> AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP!
>
> That's what we think we heard on the 11th of September 2001 (When more
>than
>3,000 Americans were killed -AD) and maybe it was, but I think it should
>have been "Get Out of Bed!" In fact, I think the alarm clock has been
>buzzing since 1979 and we have continued to hit the snooze button and roll
>over for a few more minutes of peaceful sleep since then.
>
> It was a cool fall day in November 1979 in a country going through a
>religious and political upheaval when a group of Iranian students attacked
>and seized the American Embassy in Tehran. This seizure was an outright
>attack on American soil; it was an attack that held the world's most
>powerful country hostage and paralyzed a Presidency. The attack on this
>sovereign U. S. embassy set the stage for events to follow for the next 23
>years.
>
> America was still reeling from the aftermath of the Vietnam experience
>and
>had a serious threat from the Soviet Union when then, President Carter, had
>to do something. He chose to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert. The
>ill-fated mission ended in ruin, but stood as a symbol of America's
>inability to deal with terrorism.
>
> America's military had been decimated and down sized/right sized since
>the
>end of the Vietnam War. A poorly trained, poorly equipped and poorly
>organized military was called on to execute a complex mission that was
>doomed from the start.
>
> Shortly after the Tehran experience, Americans began to be kidnapped and
>killed throughout the Middle East. America could do little to protect her
>citizens living and working abroad. The attacks against US soil continued.
>
> In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven
>into the US Embassy compound in Beirut. When it explodes, it kills 63
>people.
>
> The alarm went off again and America hit the Snooze Button once more.
>
> Then just six short months later a large truck heavily laden down with
>over
>2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps
>headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. America mourns her
>dead and hit the Snooze Button once more.
>
> Two months later in December 1983, another truck loaded with explosives
>is
>driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait, and America continues her slumber.
>
> The following year, in September 1984, another van was driven into the
>gate
>of the US Embassy in Beirut and America slept.
>
> Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe. In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a
>restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.
>
> Then in August a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the
>main
>gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze
>alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually
>attacked.
>
> Fifty-nine days later a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and we
>watched as an American in a wheelchair is singled out of the passenger list
>and executed.
>
> The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners
>when
>they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic
>bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing
> 259.
>
> Clinton treated these terrorist acts as crimes; in fact we are still
>trying
>to bring these people to trial. These are acts of war.
>
> The wake up alarm is getting louder and louder.
>
> The terrorists decide to bring the fight to America. In January 1993, two
>CIA agents are shot and killed as they enter CIA headquarters in Langley,
>Virginia.
>
> The following month, February 1993, a group of terrorists are arrested
>after a rented van packed with explosives is driven into the underground
>parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people are
>killed and over 1000 are injured. Still this is a crime and not an act of
>war?
>
> The Snooze alarm is depressed again.
>
> Then in November 1995 a car bomb explodes at a US military complex in
>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia killing seven service men and women.
>
> A few months later in June of 1996, another truck bomb explodes only 35
>yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroys
>the Khobar Towers, a US Air Force barracks, killing 19 and injuring over
> 500. The terrorists are getting braver and smarter as they see that
>America
>does not respond decisively.
>
> They move to coordinate their attacks in a simultaneous attack on two US
>embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. These attacks were planned with precision.
>
> They kill 224. America responds with cruise missile attacks and goes back
>to sleep.
>
> The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling on 12
>October 2000, when a small craft pulled along side the ship and exploded
>killing 17 US Navy Sailors. Attacking a US War Ship is an act of war, but
>we
>sent the FBI to investigate the crime and went back to sleep.
>
> And of course you know the events of 11 September 2001. Most Americans
>think this was the first attack against US soil or in America. How wrong
>they are. America has been under a constant attack since 1979 and we chose
>to hit the snooze alarm and roll over and go back to sleep.
> >
> In the news lately we have seen lots of finger pointing from every high
>officials in government over what they knew and what they didn't know. But
>if you've read the papers and paid a little attention I think you can see
>exactly what they knew. You don't have to be in the FBI or CIA or on the
>National Security Council to see the pattern that has been developing since
> 1979.
>
> The President is right on when he says we are engaged in a war. I think
>we
>have been in a war for the past 23 years and it will continue until we as a
>people decide enough is enough.
>
> America needs to "Get out of Bed" and act decisively now. America has
>been
>changed forever. We have to be ready to pay the price and make the
>sacrifice
>to ensure our way of life continues. We cannot afford to keep hitting the
>snooze button again and again and roll over and go back to sleep.
>
> After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto said "... it seems all
>we have done is awakened a sleeping giant." This is the message we need to
>disseminate to terrorists around the world.
>
> Support Our Troops and support President Bush for having the courage,
>political or militarily, to address what so many who preceded him didn't
>have the backbone to do both Democrat and Republican. This is not a
>political thing to be hashed over in an election year this is an AMERICAN
>thing. This is about our Freedom and the Freedom of our children in years
>to
>come.
